REPORT ON EDUCATION, MADE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA, at Its Session of 1816

by Archibald D. Murphey

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Raleigh, NC : Printed by Tho. Henderson, Jun., State Printer, 1817. First edition. 8vo. 8 pp. Murphey 1777-1832 , a Caswell County native and 1799 graduate of UNC, earned a reputation as the “father” of public education in the state, with his reports advocating the public financing of the system; during the same period he also issued an important report on internal improvements. Thornton Official 1601. OCLC locates four copies New York Public,

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